I was involved in an incident regarding the use of racial slurs. I will most likely either be suspended or expelled. Even if I am suspended and allowed to return to school in the future, I still want to transfer given what has happened. Fall of 2016, instead of transferring into another university, I am going to take a gap year and do a year-long mission/service trip. So I want to go to another university fall of 2017.
Assuming I will at least be suspended, or possibly expelled, does anyone know what specific universities or types of universities I should look to transfer into?
There is NO way to know what schools may or may not allow you to enroll. You will need to talk to each school individually. A year long mission trip may only be seen as you trying to pay penance. I’m not sure it will mean anything. What state are you in? Your state Us may be best.
When you are in discussions with your current university, find out what you would need to do so that you would be able to be readmitted there one day. While you are in those discussions, ask if the steps you would need to follow in order to be readmitted would be sufficient to also allow your current university to report that you are of “eligible for readmission” should you choose to transfer elsewhere instead of returning. That would be likely to give you the best options in the future.
The transcript would only show up if a student asks a college to send it. Also if the record is part of the student clearinghouse a student has a right to have the record blocked. It’s part of their privacy commitment. I’m not saying this is the ethical thing to do but I also believe nothing is so bad that a student should have no chance to start over with a clean slate.
@amy989 You’re offering poor advice. Newly enrolled students are asked about prior college. Then their names are checked with a database (the Student Clearinghouse that Erin’s Dad cited) for prior dismissals, withdrawals, outstanding debt, etc. Lying about this will be caught.
There is no clean slate and you can see why. No school wants to enroll someone who doesn’t pay the tuition bills. Every students’ info is uploaded as a condition of original enrollment. One can’t simply have a 1.0GPA, drop out after two years, and then apply as a freshman and get a 4.0 or attend one school, owe $1000s, disappear and then enroll in another school hoping for a new start, with or without transfer credits.
mom2collegekids: I’m presuming the OP is currently in college based on what’s been written.
OP, if you’ve learned your lesson, I sincerely wish you the best of luck. There will be colleges that will readily accept you. It’s just a matter of finding which ones. My advice would be as up front as possible – your transcript, the reason for your dismissal, and your willingness to be a new person, fully contributing to the school environment and fulfilling your academic potential.
If a student owes money to an institution then that’s what the courts are for. However, I do believe you have a right to seal your academic record but you need to “opt out” or block it.
Additionally, in my opinion anyway, it should be a right of any student to be able to start over academically if they choose to do so and can afford to pay for it. However, in reference to @T26E4 & @Erin’sDad if a student is charged with a crime or expelled for criminal behavior then I will agree those are exceptions. This might be a topic for an ethics class.
I actually do but I think the right to privacy takes preference. It’s a fine line and if colleges are allowed to compile a little black book on students who they deem “bad” without due process it’s can lead to a scary situation.
Yes I concur on that point since the OP doesn’t seem to claim it did not happen and accepts guilt. But it’s scary how much information is shared about students out there, especially high school students. It’s way too much and what happens if someone makes a mistake - how would a student ever know?
